The New York Times reports As a new version of bird flu spread through North America this spring, scientists began finding the virus in red foxes, bobcats and other mammals. Read more at Avian Influenza Is Affecting Wild Mammals – The New York Times
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This slideshow requires JavaScript. A least Bittern taking off after feeding in the water margin at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge. In Louisiana during the hotter months it is best to rise early for your wildlife watching, or to explore in the late afternoon. At Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge you can enjoy […]
Nature Photographs Northeast Louisiana, Summer 2022 — Wild Open Eye – Natural Vision, News from Wild Open Eye
World’s largest gannet colony at Bass Rock, East Lothian, ScotlandAugust 2016 below and April 2019 above Avian flu has hit the gannet colony at Bass Rock: dead birds are to be seen on the rock and nearby. Nobody knows what the final impact will be. Now over to all of you. Do come and join […]
Big worries at largest gannet colony — Travel with Intent
The New York Times reports This year’s outbreak of the H5N1 virus has resulted in the deaths of nearly 400,000 wild birds worldwide. Scientists are studying the pathways of contagion among species. The wide-scale outbreaks have provided researchers with a new opportunity to fine-tune their understanding of the disease by studying which wild bird species, behaviors […]
H5N1 virus has resulted in the deaths of nearly 400,000 wild birds worldwide — Natural History Wanderings
The Jersey Evening Post reports NEW measures to protect wildlife may have made the Ecréhous a more appealing location for rare birds, a photographer has said – after a tropical species was spotted in the Channel Islands for the first time. Photographer Romano da Costa managed to take pictures of the bridled tern after it […]
Tropical bird is spotted in the Channel Islands for the first time — Natural History Wanderings
If the Great Salt Lake, which has already shrunk by two-thirds, continues to dry up, here’s what’s in store: The lake’s flies and brine shrimp would die off — scientists warn it could start as soon as this summer — threatening the 10 million migratory birds that stop at the lake annually to feed on […]
As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ — Natural History Wanderings
Lappet-faced Vultures, Botswana, Africa Turkey Vulture, CA We were driving on a California country road this week surrounded by sweetly fragrant ceanothus wildflowers, when we came upon two lethargic turkey vultures standing in the road. Turns out they were doing us a big favor. Because they were not moving for us, we slowly drove toward […]
Vultures are Cool — Jet Eliot
The New York Times reports Federal wildlife authorities in California are working with a wind energy company to breed the endangered birds in captivity to replace any that may be killed by turbine blades. Conservationists are skeptical. Read story at California Condors Get an Assist From an Unlikely Source: A Wind Power Company – The New York Times
California Condors Get an Assist From an Unlikely Source: A Wind Power Company — Natural History Wanderings
The New York Times reports The fire on the state’s central coast two years ago killed 12 of the endangered birds. It started at an illegal marijuana farm. Read more at Man Who Started Wildfire That Killed California Condors Gets 24 Years – The New York Times
Man Who Started Wildfire That Killed California Condors Gets 24 Years — Natural History Wanderings
Muscicapa striata The Spotted Flycatcher is a migrant to sub-Saharan Africa, travelling here to escape the winter in its Eurasian breeding grounds. The birds arrive in South Africa during October and November and leave again by early April, and is one of the most numerous summer visitors. While here, they can be seen in any […]
Spotted Flycatcher — de Wets Wild
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